Bravo- More, more! Perhaps a Part II, with the conversation that occurs once the 16 year old chick has been "initiated" and has to tell her friends all about her new habits.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" <richardhughes...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: > > > I'm on a sugar rush from so many easter eggs (the true meaning > of this holiday) so I'm going to quickly rattle off a few, what > I see as honest, answers to Turq's excellent quiz. > > > > > > > THE WANNABEE TM TEACHER TEST > > > > When answering the following questions, assume that > > the person you are speaking to is a 16-year-old girl, > > an intelligent one who is interested in learning TM > > in her school as part of the DLF initiative but who > > has done a little Web surfing and is asking you to > > clear up a few questions so that she can in turn > > clear them up with her parents so that they will > > sign the permission slip she needs to partake in > > the DLF "Quiet Time" program. She is looking to you > > for honest answers. > > > > 1. My parents are quite conservative Christians. > > They are concerned that I might be getting involved > > in a different religion. Is TM based in religion? > > Yes, but you'd never know as we do it all in a foreign > language and tell you it's "meaningless sounds". Clever eh? > By the time you realise you'll be hooked and much more > forgiving especially when you hear Maharishi's discourse > on how TM is the actual root of *all* religion. > > > > 2. How many mantras are there? I've read on the Web > > that there are only a few and that they are given > > out on the basis of age. Does that mean that all > > of the kids in my class (who are all the same age > > I am) are going to get the same mantra? > > Actually there are many hundreds of possible mantras > but we only use ** and we choose them on the basis > of **** ***. But we like to give the impression that it's > all hugely complex and mysterious and that we have secret > knowledge. > > But don't tell each other what mantras you have because > it won't work anymore and we don't give refunds. > > > > 3. Where do the mantras come from? I have read on the > > Web that in India they are considered either the > > names of, the nicknames of, or invocations of sev- > > eral of the Hindu deities (gods and goddesses). Is > > this correct? > > I wouldn't know they don't teach us much at all about > things like this. > > > > 4. What's up with this 'puja' thing? Again, on the Web > > I've read the translation of it, and it is *filled* > > with the names of Hindu deities. And, according to > > these Websites, at the end I am going to be asked > > to kneel. Does that mean that I am bowing to these > > deiites? > > Yes, but don't worry. Unless you are forbidden by your > religion to have other gods you'll be OK. Besides they > weren't Hindu gods when they became part of our tradition > as TM pre-dates Hinduism. > > Trust me, TM is not a religion. I may spend four hours > a day meditating and doing yoga and saying grace before > meals and believe in mystical fields of consciousness > creating the universe moment by moment but it's not a > religion. > > > > 5. I looked at the tm.org website, and there is no > > mention there of 'Rajas,' the people who (as I under- > > stand it) run the TM organization. On other Websites, > > and in fact on old versions of the tm.org website I > > found on the Internet Wayback Machine, there are LOTS > > of mentions of them, plus photos of them dressed up > > in long robes and gold crowns. What's up with this? > > Who are these people? And why does it look as if the > > tm.org Website has been "cleaned up" to remove all > > mention of them? For example, here is a photo of > > one of them, the 'Raja' in charge of America: > > http://tinyurl.com/dhb89n > > It's our embarrassing little secret. Maharishi wanted > us to dress up like this and we could never say no. > Plus we actually like being king for a day. > > However, a little voice at the back of our heads warns > us about appearing in public in our costumes. Especially > near celebrities who would probably sue us for the damage > it would do to their credibility. > > Plus, it's our policy to let people in gently to what we > are all about. Too much enlightenment at once can be > dangerous! > > Don't worry so much you'll get used to it. Maybe. > > > 6. For that matter, if all of these 'Rajas' really DO > > run the TM organization, why aren't there any women > > among them? I'm a girl. Does that mean that I'm some > > kind of second-class citizen in the TM organization? > > No, just different. It's the vedic teaching that women > should be nurturing and supportive of their men. Making a > happy safe home while the men do the difficult stuff in > life. Don't worry your pretty little head over it. > > And at certain "times of the month" you may not feel > so welcome around town. This is because ancient scripture > says you're unclean at these times and as we've thrown our > lot in with the vedic idea of the perfect world we have to > go along with whatever it says. This may appear bizarre but > that's because you are judging it with decadent western > ideas that are out of tune with nature. > > Don't worry you'll get used to it. > > > 7. Similar to the deletion of any mention of the 'Rajas' > > on tm.org, there seems to have been a deletion of any > > mention of 'pundits,' even though one can still > > find videos of them on the Web like this one: > > http://globalcountryofworldpeace.org/maharishi_vedic_pandits12.html > > This is an official TM Website, right? So why have all > > mentions of these 'pundits' been removed from the main > > site? And what's up with their funny clothes and all > > sitting in neat little rows chanting Indian religious > > scriptures like that? Is this what you have in mind > > for us during "Quiet Time?" > > No, you won't have to do any chanting unless you want > to and can afford the course. > > Nice though isn't it? All those foreign boys coming all > this way to spend every minute of their one and only lives > singing songs to save the world. Yes, I know it looks like > it isn't working but you need patience as this is a "phase > transition" between the bad old world and the excellent > new one that will be run along the lines of bronze age > India with a raja and his nurturing wife on every street. > > > 8. Did Maharishi *really* call Britain a "scorpion > > nation" and forbid the teaching of TM there? Did he > > *really* say "Damn Democracy?" Did he *really* say that > > most of the capital cities of the world should be torn > > down and rebuilt from the ground up based on "rules" he > > found in ancient Indian scriptures? These things have > > all been said on the Websites I've visited, and they > > sound too outlandish to be true. What's the real story? > > Yes, democracies are bad because it is run by people making > decisions based on knowledge that is faulty because it isn't > in tune with all the laws of nature. > > What does that mean? Erm, it's complex but if you consult an > astrologer about what you should do and have your house > built facing east then you are using time-tested scientifically > proven technologies to maximise your potential. > > Did I say science? Yes, and I mean vedic science which is > different in surprising ways: Because it comes from people who > are "lively at the home of all the laws of nature" you know it's > the truth! Hence there is no need to confirm anything by > experiment because you already know you are right because... etc. > > Other amazing things we have to sell, erm offer, are yagyas. > These are powerful technologies we sell to people wanting a > perfect life to be even better. The Natural Law Party used to > consult astrologers and have yagyas done for them and just look > how succesful they were! > > And yes, your house should face east or bad things will happen. > I'm facing east now did you notice? This is because human brain > work better when they face the direction the sun rises on two > days of the year. Science has proved this too. Which is why TM > teachers like to face east whenever possible. > > No, I can't provide references for any of this, try searching the internet. But be careful to ignore anyone who says I'm talking > crap. > > > > 9. Another thing that seems to be missing from the > > tm.org Website recently is any mention of "enlighten- > > ment." That used to be ALL OVER that Website. One site > > I found said that Maharishi used to promise enlighten- > > ment as a result of practicing the TM technique for as > > little as 5-8 years. If this is true, surely you can > > point me to some of the people who have been practicing > > TM for that period of time or longer, so that I can ask > > them what 'enlightenment' is like and whether I want > > it, right? What are their names so I can contact them? > > You can't contact them because we don't know who they are. > The enlightened are very humble and modesty forbids them > from making a big deal about how in tune with things they are. > > I know how convenient that must sound but don't worry you'll > understand when you're there. > > > 10. The tm.org Website used to talk about the TM-siddhis > > program, and how one can take a course to learn how to > > levitate. Now there is no mention of it. If I were inter- > > ested in such a course, is it still being given, and if > > so, is the cost of it covered by the Lynch Foundation the > > way that my initial TM instruction would be? If not, how > > much is that course going to cost me? > > A lot, and the DLF are unlikely to pay. > > As for levitating, it develops in three stages: First there is hopping about with your legs crossed. Then you hover in one place. Then you can fly wherever you like! > > Don't worry about refunds if you can't do it, we make you sign > a ludicrous legal document absolving us of any responsibility for anything whatsoever. >
